On Arvind Kejriwal's Delhi Budget Remark, Child Rights Body Has Questions
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Arvind Kejriwal said that till now, children were "grabbed" and put in care homes, where they were not taken care of properly, prompting them to run away
Child rights body NCPCR has sought an explanation from the Delhi government for not informing it about the issue of children running away from child care institutions in the national capital.
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, while addressing a press conference on Delhi budget on Saturday, said Rs 10 crore has been set aside for street children and a state-of-the-art school would be built for them in which they would get all facilities.
Mr Kejriwal also said that till now, children were "grabbed" and put in child care homes, where they were not taken care of properly, prompting them to run away.
National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) chairperson Priyank Kanoongo said the body has conducted four monthly meetings with all states and union territories, but the Department of Women and Child Development of the Delhi government never brought up the issue of children running away from child care homes.
